Neutrality is a myth. Every thinker serves a master. Only Scripture supplies the foundations for knowledge, morality, and meaning.
Genesis 9:6 – The Sanctity of Human Life and the Mandate of Justice
Genesis 9:6 establishes capital punishment as God’s mandate, grounded in the image of God and expressed through Hebrew chiastic parallelism.
What Does the Bible Teach About Human Beings?
Learn about the biblical concept of man and his creation, including the image of God, the concept of the spiritual and physical man, human depravity, and the idea of man as a free moral agent. Discover what the Bible teaches about the nature of humanity and how it differs from other belief systems.
Genesis 9:6 OTBDC: The Death Penalty: Is It Biblical?
Capital punishment, rooted in Genesis 9:6, is a divine mandate upholding the sanctity of life and authorized by God for governments to carry out justice.

